If you're heading from Place de la Bastille to Daumesnil/Porte Dorée/Bois de Vincennes and in need…read moreof gas this station has you covered. We found it while heading towards the park on a Sunday just when we were starting to wonder where in the hell we'd find an open station at that time. And voila, salvation! There's also a car wash and an air pump should you need either. Very convenient. And the guys working there were helpful in steering a car out of the way in order to make room for us at the pump.

I was returning a rental car to Gare de Lyon, about a block from this gas station. I had located…read moreit before the trip as the most likely place to refill the gas tank before drop-off. I found the station and got in the short line for service. There are 4 pumps arranged in a line, so you may have to parallel park to get close to one for a fill-up. There is no one staffing this station; it was purely automated. I had used at least two of my credit cards already in France, at multiple businesses on the same trip. However, for whatever reason, this station rejected all of my cards, one of my wife's, and one of my daughters. Plus, there is no option to pay in cash/Euros, which I was also willing to do. Hence I wound up returning the car somewhat empty and getting charged the extortion-rate for that. So a big non-thanks to Esso for helping to screw me. Others should be forewarned and plan accordingly; DO NOT plan on this as your rental car's pre-return fill up! In complete fairness, there were other vehicles (local?) filling up; my issue is limited to the station's apparent problem with U.S.-issued credit cards.

Same exact experience. I am guessing it only accepts Esso cards. Luckily I had 3/4 full tank.read more